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JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
If no one was around when a tree fell and this tree fell in a remote area of a forest that had never been witnessed, where no one had ever seen the tree standing up...
Despite the fact that there is no concrete evidence that the tree was standing to begin with, do we then conclude that the tree must have just materialized that way by some divine act?
Living organisms are composed of matter that exists in the known universe. It is possible to break down the component of a living being into it's molecular components.
We have evidence that life exists. Even those who believe in a deity are willing to admit that life, at some point in the past, did not exist.
We have sent probes billions of miles into the universe and we have not yet confirmed that life exists elsewhere... so then life... as we know it.. is rare.
So, it's a reasonable conclusion that abiogenesis is statistically next to impossible, which would therefore make it very difficult to prove or replicate.
Scientists do not consider this to be a terribly difficult stance to accept. There isn't agreement yet on how it happened, because of the challenges noted above.
But as with the tree, there's no valid reason to presume divine intervention.
Despite the fact that there is no concrete evidence that the tree was standing to begin with, do we then conclude that the tree must have just materialized that way by some divine act?
Living organisms are composed of matter that exists in the known universe. It is possible to break down the component of a living being into it's molecular components.
We have evidence that life exists. Even those who believe in a deity are willing to admit that life, at some point in the past, did not exist.
We have sent probes billions of miles into the universe and we have not yet confirmed that life exists elsewhere... so then life... as we know it.. is rare.
So, it's a reasonable conclusion that abiogenesis is statistically next to impossible, which would therefore make it very difficult to prove or replicate.
Scientists do not consider this to be a terribly difficult stance to accept. There isn't agreement yet on how it happened, because of the challenges noted above.
But as with the tree, there's no valid reason to presume divine intervention.